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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 5131630, member: 96898&quot;]Here is a fairly nice quinarius from 89 BC. The legens on the reverse reads &quot;M CATO:&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1204025[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer: M. Cato, AR quinarius, 89 BC, Rome mint. Obv: M CATO; head of Liber r., wearing ivy-wreath; below, control mark (torch?). Rev: VICTRIX; Victory seated r., holding patera in r. hand and palm-branch over l. shoulder. 14mm, 2.12g. Ref: RRC 343/2b. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>This wretchedly worn coin came in a lot. Only a mother could love it in this state. Yet, you can still make out (in hand) that the legend reads &quot;M CATO PRO PR&quot;, making it attributable to Cato Uticensis in 47/6 BC:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1204026[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, struck by Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis, AR quinarius, 47–46 BC, mint in Africa, probably Utica. Obv: Head of Liber r., wearing ivy-wreath; below, M CATO PRO PR. Rev: Victory seated r., holding patera hand and palm-branch; in exergue, [VICTRIX]. 14mm, 1.39g. Ref: RRC 462/2.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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